Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long. - Oliver Goldsmith

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Man wants but little here below,
Nor wants that little long.

Oliver Goldsmith

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About Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was an Irish novelist, playwright, poet and physician.

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Oliver Goldsmit • Doctor Goldsmith • Oliverio Goldsmith • Oliverus Goldsmith • Olver Goldsmith • Olivier Goldsmith • Dottor Golssmith • Tom Telescope • Solomon Winlove • James Willington • Inspired Idiot

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Walter Scott John Dryden William Cowper Robert Southey Alexander Pope

Additional quotes by Oliver Goldsmith

A flattering painter, who made it his care
To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.

He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack,
For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back.

Bends to the grave with unperceived decay,
While resignation gently slopes the way;
And, all his prospects brightening to the last,
His heaven commences ere the world be past.